The poem (below) is one of seven items appearing in the author’s column,
“Tampering with Trifles.”

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If I held the reins of government
I would explode a bomb;
I would pick up all the anarchists
And ship them off to Guam;
And, despite their tears and wrath,
I would make them take a bath,
For a little soap and water
Wouldn’t leave them worth a duam.